Home » Archives » "Military Appreciation Day at Qwest Field"

Military Appreciation Day at Qwest Field

Oct-11-2004 » Filed Under: Tributes

A recently returned Stryker soldier represented the Army yesterday at the Seahawks game. There's a great photo included as well. From the website:

Sunday was Military Appreciation Day at Qwest Field for the Seahawks-Rams game, and the Seahawks welcomed several special guests to midfield for a halftime ceremony, where members representing each branch of the Armed Services were presented with their own Seahawks jersey. Prior to the game was an induction ceremony for new Navy recruits, who received a standing ovation from Seahawks fans following the swearing in. [...]
From the United States Army, the Seahawks welcomed Captain Matthew James; Headquarters & Headquarters Company 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Stryker. Captain James has recently returned from a one year tour of duty in Iraq as S3 Operations Officer. He received a Purple Heart for injuries suffered from a mortar attack at Camp Freedom, Mosel, Iraq. The 3/2 Stryker Brigade was the Army's first transformed Brigade to deploy with the Stryker Vehicles. It contains the following Battalions, 1-23 Infantry, 1-32 Armor, 1-33 Armor, 1-37 Field Artillery, 168 Engineer, 296 Forward Support, and Charlie 5/5 Air Defense Artillery. On 18 May 2000, the 3rd Brigade was reorganized as the US Army's first initial brigade combat team.

I think they might need to correct some of this information, but...


Advertisements